We just got done watching the Assassin’s Creed movie. “How was it?” you ask? I’m not sure because I only took in about 60% of the movie! You see, I don’t speak Spanish, and given the historical context of this movie, there are a lot of scenes with ancient dudes speaking Spanish. No big deal – they’ve got…
Tag: video games
July 23, 2016: Where in the World … is…
…Carmen Sandiego?! I think one of my favorite memories from elementary school was playing Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? in the 4th grade. My teacher had one of the first Macintosh computers in her classroom … and already I was kind of known as a computer dork … so one day she showed me and another kid this game, and…
July 15, 2016: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone…See Ya!
Tonight I’ve found myself absolutely fascinated by these two videos that I’ve been watching while I’m working. The idea is – get this – to complete the original Legend of Zelda on the NES … without ever actually taking the sword! 😯 I actually started watching Mike Matei’s play through the other night, so I finished that first and then decided…
July 9, 2016: Pokémon Go … Outside?!
I never really got into Pokémon and admittedly I know next to nothing about it except that it’s the most popular video game franchise of all time behind only Mario. I know that little monsters are involved, and for some reason we’ve gotta catch ’em all, but that’s pretty much it! Still, social media has just exploded the last couple of days…
May 19, 2016: Flyin’ High, Super FX-Style
On a whim after actually getting my humor column for this week done not only on-time, but in fact early, I decided to dust off the old Super Nintendo and splurge on a video game that I haven’t played in god knows how long – Star Fox! I still remember getting this game when it first got released for…